PGA TOUR

FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN

Site: San Diego.

Courses: Torrey Pines GC. South Course (Yardage: 7,698. Par: 72) and North Course (Yardage: 7,258. Par: 72.)

Purse: $6.9 million. Winner's share: $1,242,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 4-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-2:45 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Jon Rahm.

Last week: Rahm won the CareerBuilder Challenge.

FedEx Cup leader: Patton Kizzire.

Notes: Tiger Woods plays his first PGA Tour event in a year. He missed the cut at Torrey Pines last year, flew to Dubai and withdrew after one round with back spasms, and then had back surgery two months later. ... The field features four of the top 10 in the world ranking — Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler. ... Rose, who ended 2017 with 10 consecutive finishes in the top 10, began this year with a tie for 22nd in Abu Dhabi. ... Woods has a career scoring average of 69.09 at the PGA Tour stop at Torrey Pines. He has finished the tournament over par in his last two starts. ... Rahm last year became the first player in 26 years to make win his first PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines. ... Jason Day is making his 2018 debut. Day began last year at No. 1 in the world. He now is at No. 14. ... The last seven winners have started the tournament on the South Course. ... Torrey Pines will host the U.S. Open again in 2021.

Next week: Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Online: www.pgatour.com

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LPGA TOUR

PURE SILK-BAHAMAS LPGA CLASSIC

Site: Paradise Island, Bahamas.

Course: Ocean Club GC. Yardage: 6,625. Par: 73.

Purse: $1.4 million. Winner's share: $210,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Brittany Lincicome.

Last tournament: Ariya Jutanugarn won the CME Group Tour Championship.

Notes: The field features five of the top 10 from the world ranking. Among those skipping are Sung Hyun Park, who shared the LPGA player of the year award last year with So Yeon Ryu. ... Shanshan Feng won twice at the end of last year to move to No. 1 in the world, where she starts the 2018 season. ... Feng was among five players who spent time at No. 1 in the world last year. The others were Lydia Ko, So Yeon Ryu, Park and Ariya Jutanugarn. ... Lexi Thompson is in the field. She had the lead last year in the Bahamas until making two bogeys on the back nine and losing in a playoff to Brittany Lincicome. ... The Bahamas is the closest the LPGA Tour will get to headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida, until the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples. ... The LPGA Tour plays four events overseas before its first domestic tournament on March 15-18 in Arizona.

Next tournament: ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on Feb. 15-18.

Online: www.lpga.com

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EUROPEAN TOUR

OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

Site: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Course: Emirates GC. Yardage: 7,238. Par: 72.

Purse: $3 million.

Television: Thursday 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.; 6-8 a.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 2:30-8 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3:30-8 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Sergio Garcia.

Last week: Tommy Fleetwood won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Race to Dubai leader: Fleetwood.

Notes: Garcia at No. 9 is the highest-ranked player in the field, joined by the next three players behind in the world ranking — Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy and Fleetwood. ... McIlroy tied for third in the Abu Championship and still remained at No. 11 in the world because of the players around him also doing well. ... Pat Perez is playing Dubai for the first time. That means missing out at Torrey Pines, where his father is the longtime announcer on first tee. ... One of the exemptions was given to Sean Crocker, the Zimbabwe-born and California-raised player who earned a British Open spot last week in the Singapore Open. Crocker played in college at Southern California. ... The tournament dates to 1989 and claims 10 major champions as its winners, including Tiger Woods (twice), Fred Couples and Mark O'Meara. ... The Dubai Desert Classic is one week earlier than normal. Instead of cutting the field because of the slight loss of daylight, the tournament has installed floodlights around the combined ninth and 18th greens to make sure everyone can finish the opening two rounds. The field remains at 132 players.

Next week: Maybank Championship.

Online: www.europeantour.com

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